"Karate Ni Sente Nashi"

From left to right: Hanshi M.A. Sharifi, Sensei Michael Tabassi, and Master Hidetaka Nishiyama.

Sensei Tabassi first started training karate in Iran with Hanshi Sharifi (who is my sensei). Both my sensei and Sensei Tabassi earned their 7th dans from Master Nishiyama (may he rest in peace).

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Posted on June 12, 2012 with 1 note
The Way of the Warrior: Karate, the Way of the Empty Hand (BBC documentary 1983).

The film features Goju-ryu Sensei Morio Higaonna of Okinawa.

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Posted on February 16, 2012 with 13 notes